Fisheries committee  Thanks for the question. In making fisheries management decisions, we use the best available information at our disposal: the most up-to-date science advice, other logbook reporting—as you mentioned—socio-economic considerations and indigenous knowledge. All of those things, as

Fisheries committee  That would be a case-specific question. What I can say is that there is the broader disaster relief funding that goes to the provinces. In addition to that, and again, this would be entirely case-specific and I'm not the expert to speak to that, there is the other $200 million fr

Fisheries committee  First, certainly none of us are engineers who have that expertise to know, in a given harbour's circumstance, whether the approach you're referring to would have benefit. The climate resilience piece, which would include that, is something that we'll be asking the engineers devel

Fisheries committee  Yes. That's right. The purpose of that initial investment is the immediate dredging and repair costs as well as engineering assessments to get a better understanding of any additional repairs that will be needed.

Fisheries committee  Certainly, building in all of the elements related to climate resilience is something that we'll be aiming to do as we develop the repair plans for the harbours that are most severely impacted. In terms of an answer to the other question, I don't have an answer for you on that t

Fisheries committee  Clearly Canada is not alone in feeling the impacts of climate change and of the severe weather events that many jurisdictions have faced in recent years. Certainly we will be looking globally as well to best practices and, as I mentioned, as engineers develop plans for rehabilita

Fisheries committee  Certainly, as I mentioned, one of the key things we're asking in terms of the rehabilitation plans that will be put in place over the coming months is that climate resilience be built into that. One hundred per cent we'll be looking to what seems to be working on the west coast a

Fisheries committee  As I mentioned, we're focused right now on assessing the cost of the damage from hurricane Fiona and putting in place plans to get those wharves that have been severely impacted back online, if you will. To further answer your question, I think we'd need to provide something in w

Fisheries committee  I will answer your question first, and then I will let Ms. Hopper answer in turn. In reality, every year there are many things we don't know. For example, the amount of sand to be dredged at a particular small craft harbour varies from year to year. We can, of course, anticipate

Fisheries committee  Certainly, climate resilience in the infrastructure that we'll be rebuilding and repairing is one of the key or ultimate things we'll be asking the engineers who are doing the evaluations, and who ultimately will be doing the plans for those repairs, to keep in mind. The plans sh

Fisheries committee  A portion of the $100 million is for ghost gear retrieval. The portion that is specifically for small craft harbours is for the immediate dredging and minor repair needs as well as for the engineering assessments and the development of longer-term rebuilding plans. Most of that w

Fisheries committee  What I can say is that we need to wait for the engineers to complete their work to determine the costs and to make plans to reopen the hurricane-damaged ports.

Fisheries committee  Actually, we are doing both of these things at the same time. The idea is to put a plan in place so that fishers can continue to fish. In order to do that, we take both aspects into consideration.

Fisheries committee  We already have the authority to engage with the harbour authorities for smaller projects.

Fisheries committee  I believe we already are. I'll turn to my colleague.